Frisbee told Streetsblog she sees the bike movement, in SF and nationally, as being in a “fascinating transition, where [previously] we’ve been outside, riding in the streets Critical Mass-style, having to be very aggressive and vocal and visible about what we want and need. And because of the really strong advocacy work that has happened, and I think San Francisco is an incredible example, we are now at a point where we’re not necessarily out on the streets rallying. A lot of times, we’re helping to make these decisions, we’re part of the bigger transportation world.”

Frisbee’s in-depth experience as an insider working for Blumanauer, founder of the Congressional Bike Caucus and representative from her home state of Oregon, is expected to bring some unique political and bureaucratic insight to SFBC’s advocacy.

Moving forward, Frisbee said one of her goals is to help promote the equity angle about bicycling: It’s an affordable means of transportation around the city for low-income residents, and simultaneously helps to fight obesity and improve air quality.

“Our next big push is for families,” said Frisbee. “We need to make sure we’re not just building infrastructure for the strong and the fearless, and the 25-year-old guy in Spandex. How are we helping moms get their kids to school, grandparents picking up their grandkids on Sunday and taking them for a bike ride to the park? How are we making sure that, as a parent, someone feels comfortable letting their 12-year-old bike to the grocery store on their own? That’s the infrastructure that we need to be thinking about. That helps us create a culture around cycling — where kids think of ‘transportation’ and they don’t just think of a car.”

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“The fact we cannot say definitively that ticketing cyclists for not making full and complete stops necessarily decreases injuries or otherwise reduces collisions gets to the very heart of the issue: Sanford's impending crackdown is not data-driven...
And all the while, this crackdown will better enable motorists near and far to continue, without consequences, to commit the five traffic violations that the data clearly shows us are causing the greatest harm to the most road users.
Bias, bias, bias.”